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john: welcome back to viewpoint. today, we asked allall what you thought about the gop once demonizing but now beginning to embrace marriage equality. john murdoch tweeted us saying: john: yes it's a shame bigots will flee the party, but hopefully limbaugh, trump hannity and the right wing noise machine will speak to the gop base. if you have a comment for the show, tweet us, or post it on our facebook page. new york city mayor michael bloomberg, another republican is truly becoming one very powerful thorp in the n.r.a.'s overhyped out of touch side. he said he would spend $12 million to target 13 senators with a barrage of ads pressuring them to support enormously popular universal background checks and other popular easily passed gun control measures. bloomberg and n.r.a. head wane pierre called each other out by name. >> he can say anything he wasn't but the truth of the matter is this isn't about wane lapierre. this is about the public wanting to be safe on their seats. >> he is going to find out this is a countr
john: welcome back to viewpoint. today, we asked allall what you thought about the gop once demonizing but now beginning to embrace marriage equality. john murdoch tweeted us saying: john: yes it's a shame bigots will flee the party, but hopefully limbaugh, trump hannity and the right wing noise machine will speak to the gop base. if you have a comment for the show, tweet us, or post it on our facebook page. new york city mayor michael bloomberg, another republican is truly becoming one very...
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neil: what you think of this, john? >> this really affects the mom-and-pop businesses. your great big restaurants, they will not be as adversely affected and your small businesses and your mom and pops. this does not affect that many of the poor people, like it is being proposed that it is. only about 10 to 15% of people in low incomes rely on this minimum wage. the average family is making $40,000 a year. this is the wrong way to go about it if they are trying to help low-income workers. neil: what is weird if you think about it, it is not talking about extending the millionaires tax. so there won't be any immediate tax we from new york. it is also talking about oil cracking. so for a lot of folks looking for an economic reprieve, that's not what happened. it is almost like there is a concerted effort to push this right over the edge. >> they just don't want to stop. it doesn't make any sense for what they're doing. >> where will we get the refund. neil: in order to make these minimums, you have to fire people, right? >> the entry level, they don't get paid anything bu
neil: what you think of this, john? >> this really affects the mom-and-pop businesses. your great big restaurants, they will not be as adversely affected and your small businesses and your mom and pops. this does not affect that many of the poor people, like it is being proposed that it is. only about 10 to 15% of people in low incomes rely on this minimum wage. the average family is making $40,000 a year. this is the wrong way to go about it if they are trying to help low-income workers....
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we will see the important role she played in the 1824 campaign of john quincy adams and the relationship with her mother-in- law, abigail adams. we will include your questions, live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3 , also on c- span radio and c-span.org. kenny spokeda about efforts to reform his government at george washington university. this is 35 minutes. [applause] mark, bryan, ambassador collins, ladies and gentlemen, i was told i was coming to a university, but there are all the languages in the world -- i am going to speak for two hours in ayers. may i wish you all a happy st. patrick's week. washingtonto be in and have the opportunity to give andcture in respect of paul what he stood for and how is.rtant he employees to speak of a great irishman, described on many occasions as a new yorker who for the underdogs and outsiders who never forgot where he came from. onill say a few words to you the issue and a cause of something that is so close to all our hearts and people all around the world, our democracy. i am personally honored at the george washington university sh
we will see the important role she played in the 1824 campaign of john quincy adams and the relationship with her mother-in- law, abigail adams. we will include your questions, live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3 , also on c- span radio and c-span.org. kenny spokeda about efforts to reform his government at george washington university. this is 35 minutes. [applause] mark, bryan, ambassador collins, ladies and gentlemen, i was told i was coming to a university, but there are all...
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marie howe, who said, "john's living and dying changed my aesthetic entirely." >> the gate. i had no idea that the gate i would step through to finally enter this world would be the space my brother's body made. he was a little taller than me: a young man but grown, himself by then, done at twenty-eight, having folded every sheet, rinsed every glass he would ever rinse under the cold and running water. this is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me. and i'd say, what? and he'd say, this -- holding up my cheese and mustard sandwich. and i would say, what? and he would say, this, sort of lookinaround. >> production assistance for "inside washington" was provided by allbritton communications and politico, reporting on the legislative, executive, and political arena. it is march madness when it comes to seniors. >> this week on "inside washington," the budget dance continues. >> making sure we can live within our means. >> his poll numbers dropped but the president's charm offensive continues. >> i'm trying to create an atmosphere to get something done. >> this wil
marie howe, who said, "john's living and dying changed my aesthetic entirely." >> the gate. i had no idea that the gate i would step through to finally enter this world would be the space my brother's body made. he was a little taller than me: a young man but grown, himself by then, done at twenty-eight, having folded every sheet, rinsed every glass he would ever rinse under the cold and running water. this is what you have been waiting for, he used to say to me. and i'd say,...
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this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: i'm john fugelsang and this is "viewpoint." the republican obsession with slashing the marble debt no matter what the cost to the needy during a recession seems a little less obsessive today. true the ryan budget the g.o.p. house is sure to pass, would slash programs to eliminate the debt in just ten years. and the so-called sequester in effect mostly thanks to the house, take $85 billion of spending and as many as three-quarters of a million jobs out of the economy this year. we've gotten used to republican leaders insisting the national debt is the nation's number one priority. but that might be so last week. here is congressman paul ryan on "face the nation" this sunday. >> we do not have a debt crisis right now, but we see it coming. we know it's irrefutably happening. if we follow the president's lead or if we pass the senate budget then we will have a debt crisis then everybody gets hurts. you know who gets hurt first the poor and the elderly. that's what we're trying to prevent from happening. >> john: preventing a debt
this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: i'm john fugelsang and this is "viewpoint." the republican obsession with slashing the marble debt no matter what the cost to the needy during a recession seems a little less obsessive today. true the ryan budget the g.o.p. house is sure to pass, would slash programs to eliminate the debt in just ten years. and the so-called sequester in effect mostly thanks to the house, take $85 billion of spending and as many as...
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think you are right, they are not made in a vacuum, since paul ryan is chairman of house committee and john boehner speaker of the house, i think they wanted to send a fairly soothing message to the financial markets, but i think that evidence that we've seen, from financial market issthey are discounting ought this all it stuff that is being said in washington, they look at republicans and democrats fighting over the budget again, ho-hum, i think they are not paying as much attention as they used to, to the fighting in dc . neil: i could flip it and say you will d doth not protest too, you might be escaping blame for problems you see very much around the corner but you don't want to scare anyone. >> you could say you were surprised and taken blind sided by the time is happens. paul ryan has been saying for years, this is the most predictable crisis ever, the one that is coming in entitlement spending continues to rise out of control. there is nobody, nobody in washington who'll be able to see they didn't say they done see this coming if it does arrive. neil: byron york thank you, sir. >> t
think you are right, they are not made in a vacuum, since paul ryan is chairman of house committee and john boehner speaker of the house, i think they wanted to send a fairly soothing message to the financial markets, but i think that evidence that we've seen, from financial market issthey are discounting ought this all it stuff that is being said in washington, they look at republicans and democrats fighting over the budget again, ho-hum, i think they are not paying as much attention as they...
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start with you, first, john. according to some notes i read from you today, you think that the market, where it stands today is actually fairly priced. you believe, you're rather optimistic you think things could head higher. what keeps you up at night? what could get in the way of things looking, bright in the future? we sold off somewhat significantly today. >> well, what i actually said was given current earnings and given current interest rate levels and current inflation level that the market was fairly priced but, we still are of the view that the market is in a secular trading range and it is up towards the top of that. and we, we just believe that with the aggressiveness of the federal reserve and now with the japanese central bank and then with the cyprus situation exacerbating the european banking situation, we think that aggressive monetary policy is going to lead to inflation and we're much more bullish on gold and commodities at this point. adam: well, dan, you say that the united states has a safe h
start with you, first, john. according to some notes i read from you today, you think that the market, where it stands today is actually fairly priced. you believe, you're rather optimistic you think things could head higher. what keeps you up at night? what could get in the way of things looking, bright in the future? we sold off somewhat significantly today. >> well, what i actually said was given current earnings and given current interest rate levels and current inflation level that...
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well, you go nuts, because john baner and paul ryan just proved it. they're not only ryan rhinos on the cries but they're in bed with the president ignores this constitutional crisis. mark is on the phone with us right now. what do you make of this? >> it is extremely frustrating if you're an average citizen watching this. last year when you count fiscal operating debt and unfund liabilities, it wasn't 1.2 trillion. it was 6.9 trillion being spent we don't have. and even hear something pundits circling the wagons saying this isn't a fiscal debt crisis yet. what dot we have to do become cypress or greece for people to recognize this? we have tens of trillions of dollars in unfunded entitlement obligations. even the ryan budget does nothing with respect to social security. on obamacare, in the ryan budget takes the taxes and repealing obamacare. what is happening is the complete integrity of our financial system is being called into question. we have the fed printing day and night to provide the monetary support for these fiscal policies, and to hear re
well, you go nuts, because john baner and paul ryan just proved it. they're not only ryan rhinos on the cries but they're in bed with the president ignores this constitutional crisis. mark is on the phone with us right now. what do you make of this? >> it is extremely frustrating if you're an average citizen watching this. last year when you count fiscal operating debt and unfund liabilities, it wasn't 1.2 trillion. it was 6.9 trillion being spent we don't have. and even hear something...
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i don't see where republicans doing anything to stop that when you have john baner and paul ryan saying the debt isn't an immediate crisis. doesn't that provide the asylum for these guys to run free in? >> we do not disagree. i have been the first to jump out and say the house republic runs and the senate republicans are not doing enough. look, this budget by the democrats would increase taxes by $1.2 trillion. this is an opportunity for house republicans to say, no way. not only is it increasing spending but it's also increasing taxes. i thought the increased taxes would maybe go to taking care of some of the deficit. no. it's simply going to continually expanding the size and scope of dot government, and those taxes are on families, just like obamacare is placing taxes on family. you do not hear the republican leadership saying we're the defenders of the american family, of businesses. we want to unleash this economy so that it will absolutely grow. by the way, about that easter egg hunt. why, if they're going to haste do they even put it on the tickets they were threatening to stall
i don't see where republicans doing anything to stop that when you have john baner and paul ryan saying the debt isn't an immediate crisis. doesn't that provide the asylum for these guys to run free in? >> we do not disagree. i have been the first to jump out and say the house republic runs and the senate republicans are not doing enough. look, this budget by the democrats would increase taxes by $1.2 trillion. this is an opportunity for house republicans to say, no way. not only is it...
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remember john edwards? remember this? ♪ i feel pretty, oh so pretty ♪ ♪ i feel pretty and witty and bright ♪ ♪ >> oh, what a classic. that's all the time we have left this evening. as always, thank you for being with us. let not your heart be troubled, the news continues. greta is next and see you back here tomorrow night. greta, take it away. >> greta: this is a fox news alert. an 8th marine has died after a mortar shell explosion during a training accident in nevada. several marines were also hurt in the desert warfare training and new outrage over senator harry reid's remarks and is he playing politics with the giant tragedy? >> late last night, seven of our marines were killed and many others were injured in that explosion during a training exercise in nevada. and mr. president, it's very important that we continue training our military-- one of the things that sequester is cut back in training and maintenance. cut back in training and maintenance, that's the way the sequester was written. it's just not appr
remember john edwards? remember this? ♪ i feel pretty, oh so pretty ♪ ♪ i feel pretty and witty and bright ♪ ♪ >> oh, what a classic. that's all the time we have left this evening. as always, thank you for being with us. let not your heart be troubled, the news continues. greta is next and see you back here tomorrow night. greta, take it away. >> greta: this is a fox news alert. an 8th marine has died after a mortar shell explosion during a training accident in nevada....
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john kasich, you're actually against civil unions. john boehner, you don't want background checks for gun buyers after all even though none of you really seem to believe that's what you're supposed to believe. why does this happen so much in republican politics and how does the other party or country at large argue policy with a party that so often does not seem know what their policy positions are let alone actually believe in them. >>> joining us is ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst. thanks for being here. >> good to see you, rachel. >> occasionally republicans do not just talk about policy and get confused therein. occasionally they make policy the case with a big spending bill they left for the government shutdown they left for the president to sign today. is there something in policies they do enact that show they do understand those policies and believe in them more than this other stuff they seem to not even really understand? >> there are a couple of constants. lower taxes on rich people, not lower taxes for everybody, right? t
john kasich, you're actually against civil unions. john boehner, you don't want background checks for gun buyers after all even though none of you really seem to believe that's what you're supposed to believe. why does this happen so much in republican politics and how does the other party or country at large argue policy with a party that so often does not seem know what their policy positions are let alone actually believe in them. >>> joining us is ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst....
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ryan himself agrees with speaker of the house john boehner. this country doesn't have an immediate debt crisis. >> do you believe we have an immediate debt crisis? >> to borrow a phrase from my friend erskine bowles, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. we don't right now, but we see it coming. >> some in ryan's own party are attacking his budget because it doesn't go far enough. paul brown of georgia. brown brags he was the first guy to call president obama a socialist, has been critical of the ryan budget. >> it continues to grow the government, to grow debt. >> today, he went even further. in a "new york times" op-ed entitled paul ryan's ax isn't sharp enough -- it fails to address run away government spending, the most pressing problem facing our nation. brown advocates for the elimination of the energy parts. this guy wants to take the federal government out of the education and toss out a few grants to states to handle everything from medicaid to infrastructure. brown is also a member of the republican study committee
ryan himself agrees with speaker of the house john boehner. this country doesn't have an immediate debt crisis. >> do you believe we have an immediate debt crisis? >> to borrow a phrase from my friend erskine bowles, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. we don't right now, but we see it coming. >> some in ryan's own party are attacking his budget because it doesn't go far enough. paul brown of georgia. brown brags he was the first guy to call president...
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then eric cantor, cut legs out from their leader john boehner, no bargain. >> memory serves me right, nancy pelosi went back at the president, don't adjust any inflation. >> she did. but i believe that president could have gotten it through, he is the leader of the democratic party, nancy pelosi i believe would have been able it deal. neil: i just look at this trying to get this something done, and mercedes to that point, i say, both sides hole their hands jump off the cliff together there is enough blame, whether the president before blamed last president for two wars. and all that fair game, i agree. enough ofhe blame game, done, hold hands, and jump off the cliff, address your sacred cows and be done with it. jim: >> they say, they would like to ha a balanced budget,ot raise taxes. wait, we're not throwing poles away we've already raised taxes at the beginning of the year, that is enough, we need to get the economy growing. >> throw the poles away, look at red ink and black ink and make a decision, either we fix problem based on nbers. neil: i wish i had me time, bottom line, it is
then eric cantor, cut legs out from their leader john boehner, no bargain. >> memory serves me right, nancy pelosi went back at the president, don't adjust any inflation. >> she did. but i believe that president could have gotten it through, he is the leader of the democratic party, nancy pelosi i believe would have been able it deal. neil: i just look at this trying to get this something done, and mercedes to that point, i say, both sides hole their hands jump off the cliff...
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john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will change. i think it is clear, the question that you pose to karen, how much change in the wake of newtown and the answer is not that much. that raise the prominence of this issue. that guaranteed there will be an argument for it what karen said and i agree, the underlying politic force this issue, the reason since the 1990s it was stalled, fundamentally hasn't changed. because in states that the democrats need to compete in, this is a much bigger issue among people opposed to gun control than any possible gain that could come to somebody for taking a risk in passing it. the basic politics of gun c
john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will...
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john cooke: i had a dream where janis was on stage. and it was the end of the set, the end of the encore. and, that was maybe a month or so after she died, and i felt like it was janis coming to say goodbye. janis came down the ramp, and there was this little girl needing approval and comfort and she said, "was it okay, was i okay?" and i said, >> michael: coming upping tonight, president obama is off to the middle east meaning there are pressure few adults left in washington to carry out "the nation"'s business. let's just hope nobody breaks anything before he gets back and i'm looking at you paul ryan. i'm michael shure, and this is "the war room." [♪ theme music ♪] >> michael: folks we have a great show and we want you to pitch in and help out with our live tweet @thewarroomctv. the president hadn't be in israel more than five minutes when he was caught on camera revealing his true feelings about being away from washington. it's amazing the president goes to the middle east site of the world's longest running geopolitical feud,
john cooke: i had a dream where janis was on stage. and it was the end of the set, the end of the encore. and, that was maybe a month or so after she died, and i felt like it was janis coming to say goodbye. janis came down the ramp, and there was this little girl needing approval and comfort and she said, "was it okay, was i okay?" and i said, >> michael: coming upping tonight, president obama is off to the middle east meaning there are pressure few adults left in washington to...
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john, do you believe it? >> if it comes to a vote maybe that will be in the next congress in 2014 and that will be another 60,000 dead americans from now. the democrats aren't a lot better on this issue. harry reid withdrew the assault weapon bill from a vote because he didn't want his democrats to take, quote, a hard vote on guns, because his democrats in red states and more rural areas consider a background check for criminals to be a hard vote never mind military-style weapons. >> michael: and those democrats that bloomberg is argue getting -- targeting, do you think they can be brought over? >> i absolutely think there's hope of bringing them over if the american people stand up for their rights. their rights to live safely in their homes and in their schools and in their communities, and call their members of congress and told them accountable, and what bloomberg and the white house are also counting on is if the democrats and republicans in the house and the senate don't take those, quote, hard votes, t
john, do you believe it? >> if it comes to a vote maybe that will be in the next congress in 2014 and that will be another 60,000 dead americans from now. the democrats aren't a lot better on this issue. harry reid withdrew the assault weapon bill from a vote because he didn't want his democrats to take, quote, a hard vote on guns, because his democrats in red states and more rural areas consider a background check for criminals to be a hard vote never mind military-style weapons....
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ace pollster john mclaughlin, among the best pollsters in the country. so he got the gop, particularly in the house, but also in the senate, obsessing about deficits and debt. i mean, it's an obsession. it's green eye shade. as you call it, it's bean counting. so mclaughlin polls, the most important impact issue, the most important impact issue in the country, economy and jobs. 60%. okay? second, health care. 40%. you have to go down to third, deficit and debt, and that's only 33%. so the deficit/debt thing, i think you're losing ground on that. and here's another one. i want you to hear this. only 6% of those polled want to cut medicare. and yet you've got a house budget that wants to slam medicare. i know entitlement reforms are necessary. maybe small ones. but people do not want to see that program depart. you all are running against the tide, even of the numbers of major republican pollster like john mclaughlin. >> my point has been in order to fix this presidential fix we have in our party we have to do a couple things. we have to do more than just,
ace pollster john mclaughlin, among the best pollsters in the country. so he got the gop, particularly in the house, but also in the senate, obsessing about deficits and debt. i mean, it's an obsession. it's green eye shade. as you call it, it's bean counting. so mclaughlin polls, the most important impact issue, the most important impact issue in the country, economy and jobs. 60%. okay? second, health care. 40%. you have to go down to third, deficit and debt, and that's only 33%. so the...
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john brennan who oversaw the drone program has now been put in charge of the c.i.a. here is mr. brennan. >> it is a secret war and how hidden it is the revelations that america has a secret base in saudi arabia, used to launch drones throughout the region, a tactic against terror, which has grown 700% under the obama administration. the man who signs off on the kill list from a basement office in the white house, john brennan, unpakistan alone, there have been more than 300 drone strikes in the last decade, killing thousands of al-qaeda and taliban but more than 300 civilians, as well. a world away, in remote village you can hear them, like a decides stand muted chain saw. michael: and that, of course is abc news covering that story. we invite now lindsay moran the author of blowing my cover with, my life as a c.i.a. spy. lindsay, thanks for coming on "the young turks." >> thanks for having me. michael: we don't know as americans this is unusual for the intelligence community to be working so tightly with the military. >> we've always supported the military and they've supported
john brennan who oversaw the drone program has now been put in charge of the c.i.a. here is mr. brennan. >> it is a secret war and how hidden it is the revelations that america has a secret base in saudi arabia, used to launch drones throughout the region, a tactic against terror, which has grown 700% under the obama administration. the man who signs off on the kill list from a basement office in the white house, john brennan, unpakistan alone, there have been more than 300 drone strikes...
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it's worth noting that john mccain, susan collins and dean heller are the most likely republicans to sign on to background checks, give props where props are due. an effort led by tom coburn, joe mansion. >> i although would have to see pat toomey in pennsylvania, who i actually like and i think he can be reasonable on so many issues. if pat toomey doesn't sign on to background checks, he won bay point and a half in a big republican year, 2010. he is dead in the philadelphia suburbs, deader than a doornail. >> i the thing is i think that newtown forced people in the suburbs, in the safe suburbs, to finally confront the issue that gun violence can touch them, too. that it can even touch children. it was such a shakeup, i don't think it's temporary. it's so shocking, people in the inner city are dealing with gun violence every day. but newtown shocked the conscience, aurora did as well. newtown, especially so because it was kids. if we can't get gun control now, i would think we probably can't get it at all. >> what's a hopeful sign for the future of gun safety? the fact that chris chr
it's worth noting that john mccain, susan collins and dean heller are the most likely republicans to sign on to background checks, give props where props are due. an effort led by tom coburn, joe mansion. >> i although would have to see pat toomey in pennsylvania, who i actually like and i think he can be reasonable on so many issues. if pat toomey doesn't sign on to background checks, he won bay point and a half in a big republican year, 2010. he is dead in the philadelphia suburbs,...
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john mccain and lindsey graham wrote a letter saling if today's reports are accurate, we would urge immediate action to encourage the consequences he has promised. to what degree do you think that would be a point of discussion? >> well, absolutely. i think again this is another place where the interests of both countries really line up. there is no one who has an interest in watching the syrian situation continue to deteriorate to the point where it's a sectarian 1i68 war and some of these weapons get out of control and into actual use. this is clearly a red line for the international community, but the question is what is the strategies available, what are the actual options for, you know, for action, the president and much of his team thus far has drawn a line at providing civilian and medical and other humanitarian assistance. can you actually intervene militarily in an effective marine without the assistance going into the wrong hands? who are the good guys? who ared bad guys? it's a difficult situation, but the interests of both parties are the same. it's the tools that aren't so clear.
john mccain and lindsey graham wrote a letter saling if today's reports are accurate, we would urge immediate action to encourage the consequences he has promised. to what degree do you think that would be a point of discussion? >> well, absolutely. i think again this is another place where the interests of both countries really line up. there is no one who has an interest in watching the syrian situation continue to deteriorate to the point where it's a sectarian 1i68 war and some of...
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>> i think john harwood raised that point. we'll see if they shatter our overall expectation of what the court is it will be interesting to see what happens. in general, this is an issue where the public and the private sector is leading the politicians, whether they're the elitist or the base and it's not too different from gun control. if you look at the numbers for universal back ground checks, 8 0%, 90%. the it's just like what john said the younger generation favoring marriage equality. we are going to get there, it will be a thorny process. the speed and the scope with which this issue has moved has been stunning. when you consider how long it's taken other movements to gather similar steam. it's got some serious momentum. >> joy, can i jump in on one area? i don't want to overlook and neglect the small towns in america. we talk about the elites versus the party members, that's what we're coming back to, having those conversations and sometimes it takes somebody in a small town having the courage to stand up and say, i'm
>> i think john harwood raised that point. we'll see if they shatter our overall expectation of what the court is it will be interesting to see what happens. in general, this is an issue where the public and the private sector is leading the politicians, whether they're the elitist or the base and it's not too different from gun control. if you look at the numbers for universal back ground checks, 8 0%, 90%. the it's just like what john said the younger generation favoring marriage...
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>> chris: karl levin joined john mccain in calling for the president to consider a irstrikes to teak out the syrian air force and scud missiles. same question i had for speaker gingrich. what should the president do in syria given all of the complications and how important was this reconciliation that the president helped broker between israel and turkey both of whom have a dog in the hunt when it comes to the syrian civil war? >> the the situation in spearia has been a mess for a long time and likely to be a mess for a long time no matter what we do. there are deep religious and ethnic differences here. the likely end game is a civil that are will involve ethnic cleansing and a whole host of other things. why on earth do we want to get in the middle of that. the president decided with no good option pursue the best of that options. covert means and allies and support indigenous groups that are more favorable to us. with what you said to karl and my friend senator mccain i would make an exception when it comes to weapons of mass destruction. if we have intelligence that chemical and
>> chris: karl levin joined john mccain in calling for the president to consider a irstrikes to teak out the syrian air force and scud missiles. same question i had for speaker gingrich. what should the president do in syria given all of the complications and how important was this reconciliation that the president helped broker between israel and turkey both of whom have a dog in the hunt when it comes to the syrian civil war? >> the the situation in spearia has been a mess for a...
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john paul loved it. i could tell pope benedict kissing babies was always like, well -- he got used to it and got better at it, but you can tell with pope francis, that's part of the game. he wants to touch people as much as he can. reporter: pope francis today called the pope emeritus, pope benedict, to wish him happy st. joseph's day, the pope emeritus was born joseph ratzinger. >> shepard: thank you're such. mayor bloomberg says kids should not see cigarettes for sale. now he is trying to turn that idea into the law. from the man who brought us sugary soda ban, hiding the smoke. [ male announcer ] it's relobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster erees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilledobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees. with google now, it automatically knows when you need to leave for the airport, how much traffic there is, and can have your boarding pass ready. the droid r
john paul loved it. i could tell pope benedict kissing babies was always like, well -- he got used to it and got better at it, but you can tell with pope francis, that's part of the game. he wants to touch people as much as he can. reporter: pope francis today called the pope emeritus, pope benedict, to wish him happy st. joseph's day, the pope emeritus was born joseph ratzinger. >> shepard: thank you're such. mayor bloomberg says kids should not see cigarettes for sale. now he is trying...
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here is john boehner and paul ryan just this weekend. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis. >> america is still a step ahead of european and japan. partly because of our resilient economy and our world currency status. >> michael: there you have it. but it turns out americans saw right through it. a poll out today from the hill shows while americans might be sympathetic to republican's ideas about lowering taxes they still trust the president to handle the economy. 65% said u.s. budget deficit should be reduced by cutting spending. but 35% said they trust the democrats more. so to regain the public's trust they have done an autopsy of the 2012 campaign. the rorpt has a lot of style but not a lot of serious substance. in it the word messaging appears 77 times technology in there 42 times, and then there is the long list of things that got no mention at also. health care inequality and others. the plan also pointed to some other issues, and no bashing poor people at all. the plan says low-income americans are hardworking people who want to become hard-working middle-income americ
here is john boehner and paul ryan just this weekend. >> we do not have an immediate debt crisis. >> america is still a step ahead of european and japan. partly because of our resilient economy and our world currency status. >> michael: there you have it. but it turns out americans saw right through it. a poll out today from the hill shows while americans might be sympathetic to republican's ideas about lowering taxes they still trust the president to handle the economy. 65%...
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>> chris: republican senators john mccain and rand paul trading some pretty tough shots about paul's recent filibuster over the president's drone policy. and it is time for the sunday group. bill kristol of the weekly standard. nina easton from fortune magazine. the founder of americanroads karl rove and democratic strategist joe trippi. bill, you have an editorial in the latest issue of the weekly standard in which you say that rand paul is wrong on natural security as a matter of policy and politics. why, especially is he wrong on a matter of politics? >> because the republican party to the degree it has been a successful party and important party and contributory american well being over the last 50-60 years has been so in large part because it has been the party of strong national security. you can say it is stale and moss covered but some of us are proud to have come to washington to work in a very minor role for ronald reagan and some of us are proud to have supported the bush administration after 9/11 and fighting epimieses and the problem with the obama administration is not
>> chris: republican senators john mccain and rand paul trading some pretty tough shots about paul's recent filibuster over the president's drone policy. and it is time for the sunday group. bill kristol of the weekly standard. nina easton from fortune magazine. the founder of americanroads karl rove and democratic strategist joe trippi. bill, you have an editorial in the latest issue of the weekly standard in which you say that rand paul is wrong on natural security as a matter of policy...
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>> chris: this week, carl levin the democratic chair of the senate armed services committee joined john mccain in calling for airstrikes to stick out the air force and skud missiles, and senator, what should the president do in sear yeah, given all of the complications, and, how important was this raproachment, and, when it comes to the syrian civil war. >> as the speaker said, the situation in syria has been a mess for a long time and is likely to be a mess for a long time no matter what we do. there are deep religious and ethnic differences and the end game is a civil war that will involve ethnic cleansing and a whole list of other things, why would we want to get ourselves directly in the middle of that? the president has decided with no good option, to pursue the best of that bad options, use covert means, allies, transport indigenous groups that are more favorable to us, and with respect to what you said about carl and my friend, john mccain, i would make an exception when it comes to weapons of mass destruction. if we have solid intelligence that chemical and biological weapons ar
>> chris: this week, carl levin the democratic chair of the senate armed services committee joined john mccain in calling for airstrikes to stick out the air force and skud missiles, and senator, what should the president do in sear yeah, given all of the complications, and, how important was this raproachment, and, when it comes to the syrian civil war. >> as the speaker said, the situation in syria has been a mess for a long time and is likely to be a mess for a long time no...
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senator john cornyn presented the bill. how would the plan work? >> under the law the president is required to submit his budget the first monday in february, that was february the 4th. he didn't do it and now he tells us we'll get it in april. in the meantime, the house and senate will have already acted so the president's rendered himself irrelevant and the american people really don't know what his position is and his leadership position in terms of what our fiscal priorities should be. so, this would dock the pay of the people responsible for preparing it. this is really a shot across the bow, but one to try to get his attention and their attention to try to get them to do what the law requires. >> i would think the opposing party wn not have him involved in the process. if he wants to exempt himself out of the process not meeting the deadline. by the way an earlier deadline in march he didn't make and that's why it moved to april. he's exempted himself in terms of setting priorities, and obviously, you don't want a voice in the process? >> wel
senator john cornyn presented the bill. how would the plan work? >> under the law the president is required to submit his budget the first monday in february, that was february the 4th. he didn't do it and now he tells us we'll get it in april. in the meantime, the house and senate will have already acted so the president's rendered himself irrelevant and the american people really don't know what his position is and his leadership position in terms of what our fiscal priorities should...
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what do you think, john? >> look, if he doesn't win this election, he should go into romance novel writing. that's -- that's pretty incredible. but you know, look, he ran in a crowded field. how many people were -- >> 16. >> 16 people. and he -- well, he came in first. i mean, he's got to do the runoff in april and he's going to have to go for the big enchilada in may. so we'll see whether karen is right and whether this, you know, largely republican district, which mark sanford used to have this seat. >> yes. >> when he was in the house. whether they will be willing to send this hiking adulterer back to congress. >> i can't wait to hear what he says in writing. thank you, both. >> thanks, martin. >>> next, it's personal this time. at least for bill o'reilly, that is. stay with us. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some
what do you think, john? >> look, if he doesn't win this election, he should go into romance novel writing. that's -- that's pretty incredible. but you know, look, he ran in a crowded field. how many people were -- >> 16. >> 16 people. and he -- well, he came in first. i mean, he's got to do the runoff in april and he's going to have to go for the big enchilada in may. so we'll see whether karen is right and whether this, you know, largely republican district, which mark...
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ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. rick grinell and rick burns, a former ambassador to n.a.t.o. and secretary under president clinton and now you've got president obama morsi discussing the collapse of egypt. and that's something we don't want over here and that's one of the reasons we're keeping an eye over there. >> i don't see the prospect of the state collapsing, but i think that morsi's actions showed why people feared having a muslim brotherhood government in power, that it would be a one person, one vote, one time experience, and i have to say, the fact that the military so far is silent, could indicate they're prepared to acquiesce in this. although people have said that the brotherhood and the military could never come to an agreement on rule in egypt. i've always believed that's a possibility. so i think this is very, very serious and it's one reason i favor suspending both economic and military aid to egypt until this gets resolved. >> rick, where is this going? because you know, they got rid of hosni mubara
ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. rick grinell and rick burns, a former ambassador to n.a.t.o. and secretary under president clinton and now you've got president obama morsi discussing the collapse of egypt. and that's something we don't want over here and that's one of the reasons we're keeping an eye over there. >> i don't see the prospect of the state collapsing, but i think that morsi's actions showed why people feared having a muslim brotherhood government in power, that...
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our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to reconnect with the israeli people and convince them that he understands where they're coming from on the primary security issues. the big question as you point out, can this lead to real accomplishments, that would be on the peace front with palestinians, simply too many questions that remain outstanding when it comes to settlements and exchange of prisoners, other major issues that the arab world and palestinians are unsatisfied with. and syria, iran, these are still just two looming trouble spots that are unaddressed at this point, but what we do know, the president and netanyahu prime minister of israel ended the note on a renewed -- >> reporter: the frost melted, major concession from netanyahu, they now have a real partnership, ability to work t
our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to reconnect with the israeli people and convince them that he understands where they're coming from on the primary security issues. the big question as you...
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john writes on twitter: spending is out of control. rein it in. glad bless you mr. nordquist, and amy rites: mr. norquist, by lowering rates and closing loopholes where will the revenue come from in out state is not working in europe. >> guest: if by austerity you mean constantly raising taxes to try to balance the budget, you're quite right. that's what greece and other countries have been trying to do for too long. the two -- when people say austerity they mean either the people should be made poor, because they're living high on the hog and your raise their gasoline prices and raise taxes on them, the value-added tax, the sales tax, or you can mean that the government should work to reduce its own costs, austerity for the government. we haven't been doing austerity for the government here. no european country has seen serious reforms of government spending. the one country i'd point to that has done spending restraints rather than tax increases, is canada. canada has been doing quite well. they took their corporate rate down to 17%. they're creating jobs, having
john writes on twitter: spending is out of control. rein it in. glad bless you mr. nordquist, and amy rites: mr. norquist, by lowering rates and closing loopholes where will the revenue come from in out state is not working in europe. >> guest: if by austerity you mean constantly raising taxes to try to balance the budget, you're quite right. that's what greece and other countries have been trying to do for too long. the two -- when people say austerity they mean either the people should...
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i think the speaker john boehner himself could make a deal with president obama that would include raising taxes. he would do that. the reason he won't do that, is he's afraid of being yellowstone thrown by eric cantor and kevin mccarthy and the tea party caucus and the problem is the republicans who sort of see sense on the budget, or could see sense on the budget, are held back by their own fear of their own radicals. >> what's amazing to me is that, joy, we talked about ryan budget, 2.0, now this is 3.0. there is this effort under way to rebrand the republican party that has been met with varying levels of success. >> right. >> and now they're talking about this as a way of preserving the social safety net. and i always, when i hear that, it's like -- you kind of have to be kidding, right? you may have a different fiscal goals, but don't tell me this is a way of preserving the social safety net. >> it's so funny you say that because i was thinking that i'm remembering the pretty thing sent up with all the red bubbles on it from the rnc. where they said we've got to learn not to be scary
i think the speaker john boehner himself could make a deal with president obama that would include raising taxes. he would do that. the reason he won't do that, is he's afraid of being yellowstone thrown by eric cantor and kevin mccarthy and the tea party caucus and the problem is the republicans who sort of see sense on the budget, or could see sense on the budget, are held back by their own fear of their own radicals. >> what's amazing to me is that, joy, we talked about ryan budget,...
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the donations include a $2,500 contribution to house speaker john boehner. could this perhaps explain would you say the speaker has to walk back his sensible comments for fear of losing that kind of financial support? >> well, i think what you've got is a republican party that is being gripped by a small minority. clearly a well-funded gun lobby in washington, d.c. you know, martin, i don't know how i got on the list, but i got a letter at home in the mail from the nra, saying, you know, dear van hollen, the gold's coming to take away all your guns and they're going to strip away your second amendment rights, you better send some money into the nra headquarters in washington right away so we can protect you against that kind of taking. that's what the nra is doing. they're using the scare tactics, fearmongering as a recipe for generating huge amounts of money here in washington, which they give in the form of political contributions to people to try and have it their way. >> it is absolutely remarkable today, sir, we see parents who lost their children, and
the donations include a $2,500 contribution to house speaker john boehner. could this perhaps explain would you say the speaker has to walk back his sensible comments for fear of losing that kind of financial support? >> well, i think what you've got is a republican party that is being gripped by a small minority. clearly a well-funded gun lobby in washington, d.c. you know, martin, i don't know how i got on the list, but i got a letter at home in the mail from the nra, saying, you know,...
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congressman john garamendi joins me from capitol hill. i know you have had a busy morning that it is good to see you, thank you for joining us on this topic. >> always good to be with you. cheryl: we were looking at the differences between texas and california. governor rick perry go after small businesses in your state and big as mrs. to get them to come to texas. here are the numbers, i want to get your reaction to this. 13.3% state income tax, texas is zero. corporate income tax 8.84% in california. texas is zero. is your state willing to address these tax rates to keep businesses in california? >> actually california is losing very few businesses to any other state. governor perry came out to california and went back empty-handed. there is a lot of reasons why businesses want to be in california. you just had that clip on the convention going on in boston. many of those companies at that convention are in fact california company startups and the like. the underlining foundation of infrastructure, education, the existing businesses tha
congressman john garamendi joins me from capitol hill. i know you have had a busy morning that it is good to see you, thank you for joining us on this topic. >> always good to be with you. cheryl: we were looking at the differences between texas and california. governor rick perry go after small businesses in your state and big as mrs. to get them to come to texas. here are the numbers, i want to get your reaction to this. 13.3% state income tax, texas is zero. corporate income tax 8.84%...
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all kinds of congressional republicans, including house speaker john boehner went on twitter insisting obama should stop this outrage of liking sports. get off my lawn! it is march madness, republican style. the first day of spring, the annual opportunity for house republicans to turn over an old leaf they know they shouldn't turn over any more but they can't stop themselves. also clearly it is going to be gonzaga. that does it for us tonight. see you tomorrow night. right now, time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great evening. >>> tonight, here in washington, we now know that when the president's away, republicans will play the same budget games they play when he's here. >> the united states of america stands with the state of israel. >> obama in israel for the first time as president. >> joking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that it was good to get from congress. >> you only tease the ones you love. >> i see this visit as an opportunity. >> this trip is heavy on symbolism. >> what is he taking away. >> he and netanyahu had their differences. >> we
all kinds of congressional republicans, including house speaker john boehner went on twitter insisting obama should stop this outrage of liking sports. get off my lawn! it is march madness, republican style. the first day of spring, the annual opportunity for house republicans to turn over an old leaf they know they shouldn't turn over any more but they can't stop themselves. also clearly it is going to be gonzaga. that does it for us tonight. see you tomorrow night. right now, time for...
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congressman john lewis was greeted with racial slurs. they heckled congressman barney frank with anti-gay chants but democrats were undeterred by this tea party furor. they marched on to make history and sign health care into law. minutes after they did so, tea party hero michele bachmann vowed to tear the law down. >> going to get every republican to sign it and anybody else. if we get 218 signatures, nancy pelosi is forced to bring the repeal bill to the floor for a vote. >> so that was then. the this was today, three years later. >> that's why we're here. because we're saying, let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. let's not do that. let's love people. let's care about people. let's repeal it now while we can. >> let's repeal it. led by tea party gop has tried 36 times to take an ax to health care, today included. but guess what, the law is here to stay and the tea party, well, these days its bark is a lot worse than its bite. it turns out the caucus hasn't met since july of l
congressman john lewis was greeted with racial slurs. they heckled congressman barney frank with anti-gay chants but democrats were undeterred by this tea party furor. they marched on to make history and sign health care into law. minutes after they did so, tea party hero michele bachmann vowed to tear the law down. >> going to get every republican to sign it and anybody else. if we get 218 signatures, nancy pelosi is forced to bring the repeal bill to the floor for a vote. >> so...
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i will talk about john boehner in a moment here. how did you remark on the way ryan categorized that? >> look, i think he is basically right. technically we're not in a debt crisis. we don't have world markets plummeting. cats are not sleeping with dogs. it is not armageddon which is what a real debt crisis looks like. cypress is in a debt crisis but as paul ryan likes to say, the debt crisis that is coming and it is coming is the most predictable crisis in american history. the way i think about it, like being diagnosed with a time more. the doctor says, it is stage 1, it is not a crisis but you have to change the way you're living right now. the democratic approach is more like, well, you've got a tumor, that doesn't mean you can't smoke another ten packs a week for the rest of your life. bill: you still have time i guess? >> yeah. bill: john boehner was talking about this too. he said a similar thing. the pressing issue of the debt is not in our face at the moment but it will be here very soon. here is boehner's way of addressing
i will talk about john boehner in a moment here. how did you remark on the way ryan categorized that? >> look, i think he is basically right. technically we're not in a debt crisis. we don't have world markets plummeting. cats are not sleeping with dogs. it is not armageddon which is what a real debt crisis looks like. cypress is in a debt crisis but as paul ryan likes to say, the debt crisis that is coming and it is coming is the most predictable crisis in american history. the way i...